A media industry veteran who has helped negotiate a string of broadcast rights deals across English football has emerged as the frontrunner to head Sir Keir Starmer's new football watchdog.
The ripping up of the trade rule book caused by President Trump's tariffs will slow economic growth in some countries, but not cause a global recession, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said.
Lord Cruddas, the former Conservative Party treasurer, is plotting a £40m raid on Winterflood, one of the City's best-known broking franchises, as its parent reels from the crisis engulfing the motor finance sector.
Annual profits at the UK's second biggest supermarket, Sainsbury's, have reached £1bn.
The owner of Bensons for Beds is among a pack of suitors circling Poundland, the struggling discount retailer.
US stock markets suffered more significant losses on Wednesday, with stocks in leading AI chipmakers slumping after firms said new restrictions on exports to China would cost them billions.
Gold has been reaching record highs of late, with the price of spot gold hitting $3,357.40 (£2,532) per ounce for the first time ever on Wednesday.
Inflation fell more than expected and for the second month in a row, official figures show.
Post Office auditor and big four accounting firm EY is being investigated by the industry's regulator.
People arriving in Britain from the EU and other European countries are no longer allowed to bring in a range of meat and dairy products - including cheese.